After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.

Little things affect little minds.

It's like a banana farm for guns!

A free-loader is a confirmed guest. He is the man who is always willing to come to dinner.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

When we try to conceal our innermost drives, the entire being screams betrayal.

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

Canvas. J.C. Penney. $3.98. You like?

'Zolten' is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog.

I guess my life was in a pretty disorderly fashion, so I think the music came out that way a little bit.